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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store INC PAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Charlie Austin · Lebanon, TN

Also giving in

Also gave $26,000.00 in U.S. Congress politics

Cross-jurisdiction totals reflect the linked entity record and may exclude unmerged duplicates; figures are two separate per-jurisdiction public totals, not a combined statewide total.

Raised
$37,215
incl. $10,420 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$12,612
To TN candidates
$5,500
44% of spending
Operating & other
$4,500
36% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $500 to 1 candidate
$500 to 1 Republican

Where the Money Goes

Of the $12,612 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $5,500 (44%) — went to Tennessee candidates.

Operating share of spending compares operating spending with total spent.

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Operating / overhead spending divided by everything this committee spent (each expenditure lands in exactly one bucket).

Operating spending: $4,500 ÷ Total spent: $12,612
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $4,500
Contributions to candidates $5,500
Source filings:

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate Office Party Total
Mark Pody † Tennessee Senate, District 17 Rep. $500.00

† Reported in this PAC’s own disbursement filing; the recipient’s receipt filing hasn’t itemized it yet.

This committee’s own filings report $5,500 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $500. Of the $5,000 difference, $5,000 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $5,000 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

  • Cooper for Congress $1,000.00
  • Diane Black for Congress $1,000.00
  • Duncan for Congress $1,000.00
  • Friends of Scott Desjarlais $1,000.00
  • Marsha Blackburn for Congress Inc. $1,000.00

Tennessee caps what a PAC may give one candidate per election — $15,400 for statewide and House races, $30,800 for Senate races (2025–26 limits; a primary and a general count as separate elections). Registry of Election Finance limits.

Contributions to Other PACs

Contributions to other political action committees
Committee Total
Chuck Fleischmann for Congress Committee $1,000.00
Rock City PAC $1,000.00
Tennessee Retail Association PAC $612.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Event $2,500.00
Pac To Pac Tsfr $1,000.00
Support $1,000.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Sandra Cochran Nashville, TN Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. $1,300.00
Michael Chissler Murfreesboro, TN Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. $1,172.26
Lawrence Hyatt Franklin, TN Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. $1,150.00
Michael Zylstra Arrington, TN Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. $1,150.00
Patrick Sheehy Mt Juliet, TN Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. $1,105.93
Beverly Carmichael Brentwood, TN Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. $1,050.00
Rick Palmateer Topeka, KS Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. $1,030.00
Charlie Austin Overland Park, KS Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. $912.00
P Doug Couvillion Hendersonville, TN Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. $907.81
Robert Chanady Newnan, GA Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. $752.00

Filing History

Totals as filed with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance; see About for how this data is processed.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Year-End 2015 Historical $52,417.52 $0.00 Source: Year-End 2015 filing Report 61143
Mid-Year 2015 Historical $34,542.05 $52,417.52 Source: Mid-Year 2015 filing Report 60041